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Title: Carrie
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Author: Stephen King
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• Posted on 2009-10-29
  Excellent Book
  
  Carrie is a great book from Stephen King. King never disappoints me with his books. I actually watched the movie before I read the book, but like always the book is way better. I advise everyone to read it! It really makes you think about how you interact towards others if you were a bully once or even mean to one particular person one day.
  
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• Posted on 2009-10-22
  Believe it or not, a short one!!!
  
  This, in my opinion is his best. Older King, better King. We've all seen the movie starring Sissy Spacek but that doesn't do it justice. It's nice to have a "Quickie" once in a while from the master of the macbre.For anyone who hasn't ever read him I suggest Carrie to be your first!
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-22
  Clever and entertaining
  
  Enjoyed this book, perhaps in part because there was an attempt at a scientific explanation for the paranormal activities taking place. (I have a hard time suspending my disbelief for traditional horror, but I think this helped.) I liked the way the story was told--through interviews, excerpts from books and newspapers, letters (the "works within the work")--in addition to the narration. There is a definite attention to detail in the telling of the story, and all of the characters were believable; some of whom I could even empathize with. Deserves 3-1/2 stars if that was possible to do on Amazon.
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-08
  A metaphor of social abuse
  
  Like a lot of Stephen King's novels, Carrie holds a meaning that is part-hidden, part-shown throughout the entirety of the storyline. Telling the story of Carrie White, an abused misanthrope of a teenage girl, the novel follows Carrie's life through two stories: one of various news articles about Carrie and the White family, and the story from Carrie's point of view itself.
  
  Without going into detail, the novel starts off with Carrie having her first period during her gym period shower, when, all of a sudden, she finds herself bleeding in a place she has never bled before. While her fellow classmates yell 'Plug it up, plug it up!' and throw tampons at her, Carrie is horrified by the fact that she may actually be dying. When the gym teacher finally comes in and breaks it up, managing to calm Carrie down with a slap to the face, even she is surprised to find that Carrie has never known about periods.
  
  This is where Margaret White, Carrie's religious psychopath mother, comes into play.
  
  An essential part to the storyline, Margaret White shows the danger of having an overbearing. religious parent playing God with a teenager's life. Oftentimes forced into a prayer closet for hours upon a time, Carrie is unable to escape the abuse she goes through. At school, at home, and oftentimes even in her own mind, her anger is slowly building, and her anxiety is slowly bringing about an ability that has been hidden inside her body for years on end.
  
  First comes the blood, then comes the boys, looking for that smell, Margaret White says. Then the windows slam shut and Carrie demands that she be given free will.
  
  This climax of the novel--when Carrie finally gains the strength to stand up to someone--is what brings the novel to its highest point. What happens next is horrifying, gratifying, and at the same time, relieving.
  
  One thing I had trouble while reading with the novel is reading both stories going along with it. As I mentioned above, it is written in two segments: part in news articles and interviews, and part through Carrie herself. While I would have preferred reading about Carrie herself, and though I was distracted by the random intervals during which interview/clipping scenes were placed, I can't blame King for putting them in. The backstory it adds is great story fodder, although it would have been better if it would have been interspersed throughout the novel.
  
  Regardless of its age, and though King has matured as a writer since then, Carrie is one of THE King novels you have to read if you ever pick King up. It's a great starting point, and even though it's not appropriate for all ages (especially younger readers,) it's a book any horror fan would enjoy.
  
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• Posted on 2009-08-29
  A King classic!
  
  The story's old and the premis isn't exactly earth-moving but this classic from Stephen King is written in such a way that makes it seem timeless and brand new. Its really fantastic especially with the snippets from "text" about the book's event from after it happened. I really enjoyed this and would have loved to read it 20 years ago and I will still want to reread it 20 years from now. Good stuff!
  
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